The government will also set up a National Data Bank (NDB) and an autonomous Assessment and Monitoring Authority (AMA) for minority communities, which will analyse the diversity data and suggest appropriate policies to the Government on a regular basis.
The decisions follow demands raised by several groups after the recommendations of the Sachar Committee was submitted to the government in November last year. It laid bare the stark reality of the economic, social and educational backwardness of the Muslim community and suggested the above measures to rectify them.